Maddy Brown, Associate Collaborator
Maddy Brown (she/her) is a Chicago-based dramaturg and actor. She specializes in new play dramaturgy and is the Assistant Literary Manager at Avalanche Theatre, a company devoted to developing new plays by Chicago playwrights. She holds a BFA in drama from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
What kind of plays are you excited to read?
I tend to like plays that are:
- Funny
- Themeatically grounded but tonally strange (think Plano by Will Arbery or John by Annie Baker. Both very much about relationships, but explored through heightened tone and surreal circumstances.)
- Making a playwright ask themselves, “Is this too weird?”
- Making a playwright ask themselves, “Is this weird enough?”
- Women-led
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How would you describe your process?
I’m a pretty go-with-the-flow dramaturg. I want to respond to your needs in the best way I can, and I prefer when a playwright has a strong sense of what they need from the process so I can deliver that.
Location/Time Zone
Chicago (CST)
The Match communication preference
I tend to prefer calls/video calls or voice messages so we can really have a dialogue about the work, but I’m open to written communication as well. Happy to schedule meetings via email.